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Objective
To work in areas related to research & development, systems integration, automation, process control systems within a world-class company.
Education
PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering (Control Systems), Graduation expected date: May 2008
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA. Current GPA: 4.20
Dissertation: Information Theoretic Limitations of Networked Control Systems.
Master of Science with a Major in Automation (Control Engineering), June 1998
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey.
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. GPA 96/100
Thesis: Design of Auto Tuning PID Controllers by means of Genetic Programming
Summa Cum Laude (Mención Honorífica de Excelencia).
Bachelor of Industrial Physics Engineering, December 1995
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey.
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. GPA 98/100
Summa Cum Laude (Mención Honorífica de Excelencia).
Skills
Languages: Spanish Native Speaker.
Software: Labview, LabWindows, Matlab, Maple, Unix, basic programming in VHDL, C and Visual Basic.
Experience
Graduate Assistant, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department August 2004 – Present.
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, USA
* Consultant for NASA-Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP) Projects:
Example: A) Rechargeable battery circuit design (LaserLure), B) microcontroller and sensor selection for dryer (Hydromatic Technologies Corporation), C) Eddie current inspection on a tank (Entergy), D) specifications design for a voice recognition system in a toy, E) electronic design of a physiological measurement system, etc.
* Research experience in networked control systems and teleoperation.
* T.A. for the courses Logic Design, VHDL Lab, Control Systems and Stochastic Systems.
Internship (User Interface Development) September 2006 – December 2006
K&A Wireless Albuquerque, NM, USA
* Design and implementation of a prototype/final product of a heart rate sensing system with Bluetooth communication with a mobile phone including a PC interface in Labview.
Chairperson, Mechatronics Engineering Faculty May 2002 – August 2004
Tec de Monterrey, Campus Juarez Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
* Quality assurance of faculty, adjunct professor, labs, curriculum, etc.
* Planning and directing of faculty and student activities (up to 200 students in the program).
* Promotion and sales activities of the mechatronics undergraduate program.
* Problem-Based Learning certified instructor.
* Professor of Control Systems, Logic Systems, Math and Dynamics (since August 2001).
Project Engineer March 2001 – May 2002
VI Technology Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
* Systems Integration based on Labview/CVI programming and National Instruments hardware.
* Testing System Design (NI hardware/ Labview Software) for the following products:
o Telescopic Actuator (Valeo), including force/current/speed measurements.
o Testing System Design for PTCR including product tracking using Internet (GE).
o Panoramic TV PCBs (ACS and HOP) including I2C communication (Philips).
o Current Monitoring System for air conditioner controllers (Valeo).
Automation Independent Consultant May 2000 – February 2001
JOT Automation Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
* Field service engineering and technical support on JOT automated board-handling equipment.
* International experience in Dominican Republic, USA and Mexico.
* Customer training for the following customers: Nokia, Flextronics, Ademco, Elcoteq, SCI, Celestica, Power One, National Instruments, VOGT, Lexmark and SMTC.
Field Processing Engineer June 1998 – October 1999
Schlumberger (Geco-Prakla) Houston, Texas, USA.
* International experience working in the USA, England, Brazil and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico for one of the world's largest oilfield services provider.
* Data processing and quality control of seismic engineering projects.
Teaching Assistant January 1996 – May 1998
Tec de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
* Physics laboratory instructor and Physics teacher.
Awards
Dean's Dissertation Scholarship, 2007-2008.
University of New Mexico Regents Graduate Fellowship Award, 2006-2007.
Outstanding ECE Graduate Student Award of the Year, 2005-2006.
Secretaria de Educacion Publica (Mexican Public Education Agency) Scholarship Recipient, 2004-2007.
Conacyt Scholarship Recipient (Conacyt is the Mexican Science Agency) 2004-2008.
Nuevo Leon College Foundation Excellence Award, October 1996.
Tecnologico de Monterrey Scholarship Recipient, 1996-1998 and 1991-1995.
Training Courses
* Basic Omron PLC Series C Course, Monterrey, Mexico, 2000.
* JOT/Agilent Test Handler Training, Colorado, United States, 2000.
* Basic Safety and Emergency Preparedness Training, England, 1998.
* Seismic Technologies and Related Training, England, 1998.
Affiliations
* IEEE Student Member, January 2007 and Phi Kappa Phi Member, April 2007.
Community & Professional Services
* Guess Editor for the Special Issue "Control with Limited Information" in the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. September 07-September 08.
* Vice-president and Secretary of the ECE Graduate Student Association. September 05-August 07.
* Co-organizer of an invited session in the American Control Conference. July 07.
* Technical Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE American Control Conference, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and others.
* Outreach activities promoting Science and Technology Education: School Villa Vista Elementary. School, Queen of Heaven Elementary School, and Desert Ridge Middle School. Nov 04 - May 05.
Publications
Lopez, I., and Abdallah, C. (July 2007)
Rate-Limited Stabilization for Network Control Systems.
Presented in American Control Conference 2007.
Lopez, I., Abdallah, C, and C. Canudas de Wit (July 2007)
Gain-Scheduling Multi-Bit Delta-Modulator for Networked Controlled System.
Presented in European Control Conference 2007.
Lopez, I., and Abdallah, C. (June 2007)
Data Rates Conditions for Network Control System Stabilization.
Presented in IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation 2007.
R. Sandoval., C.T. Abdallah, H.N. Jerez, I. Lopez, O. Martinez and D. Lee. (April 2007)
Networked Control Systems: Algorithms and Experiments.
Book Chapter in "Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences".
Martinez O.. Lee D., Spong M., Lopez, I., and Abdallah, C. (October 2006)
Bilateral Teleoperation of Mobile Robot over Delayed Communication Network: Implementation.
Presented in IEEE /RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2006.
Lopez, I., and Abdallah, C. (June 2006)
Recent Advances on Control Theory under Communications Constrainsts: A Survey.
Presented in IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation 2006.
Lopez, I., Piovesan, J., Abdallah, C., Lee D., Martinez O., Spong M., Rodriguez R. (June 2006)
Practical Issues in Networked Control Systems.
Presented in American Control Conference 2006.
Lopez, I. and Valenzuela, M. (November 1998)
Design of digital PID controllers by means of genetic programming (in Spanish).
Artificial Intelligence Conference, TAINA '98, 214-226, Mexico City, Mexico.
References
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Mexican Citizen: I can apply either for H1B or TN Visa. For the first year I have OPT.
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